Oil in the Gulf: Pictures of the Deepwater Horizon Disaster & Response

About 10:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 20, 2010, an explosion rocked the floating rig Deepwater Horizon. Most of the 126 workers were safely evacuated. Eleven however, were unaccounted for. The oil rig sank Thursday, April 22, 2010. This ongoing photo gallery depicts the response to the disaster. Click here for the previous photo gallery.

November 15, 2012